MTNS, the International Symposium on the Mathematical Theory
of Networks and Systems is a major conference in the general
area of mathematical systems theory. The symposium is
interdisciplinary and attracts mathematicians, engineers and
researchers working in all aspects of systems theory. The
symposium is organized every two years and traditionally
covers areas involving a wide range of research directions in
mathematical systems, networks and control theory.
Mathematical methods which play a role in the areas mentioned
above stem from a broad range of fields of pure and applied
mathematics, including ordinary and partial differential
equations, real and complex analysis, numerical analysis,
probability theory and stochastic analysis, operator theory,
linear and commutative algebra as well as algebraic and
differential geometry. There are a wide range of applications
ranging from problems in biology, communications and
mathematical finance to problems in chemical engineering,
aerospace engineering and robotics.

The meetings are scheduled by an international steering
committee. The seventeen previous MTNS meetings were held in: